Barabanov's "Coffin 200", less than 90 minutes, but with many characters and rich information, shows us a heavy black fable in a short period of time.
In the Soviet Union in 1984, there was a bizarre and ridiculous kidnapping case. The director used the kidnapping case as a sharp scalpel, cutting through the terminally ill social body at the time. Many gods appeared one after another: senior military officers, university professors, government officials, low-level workers, housewives, policemen, gangsters, liquor dealers, and representatives of all social classes. The captain of the criminal police kidnapped the daughter of the secretary of the district party committee, but he did not do it for the sake of money or sex, and he had ulterior motives. This kidnapping case is like the captain's room with corpses lying on top and flies flying. It is full of strong surrealism, but the film clearly points out that the story comes from a real case. It is conceivable that the social conditions of the Soviet Union at that time had already exceeded people's rational imagination. In this society, the police are free to kill, frame and frame; good soldiers die in battle, and bad soldiers only focus on vacations; young people are rebellious on the surface, but in fact they are mediocre and only focus on eating, drinking, and having fun. , indulging in alcohol; although intellectuals see the truth clearly, their thoughts are cowardly and do nothing, and they only hope that a God will come out to sweep all this.
The flag of the CPSU in 1984 is already riddled with holes and crumbling. How long can it hold up? seven years.
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